Empower Newsletter – May 2012
Welcome to the May 2012 edition of the Empower Newsletter. The main focus in this edition is about having more confidence in your life and at work simply by choosing it. Enjoy!
Do you know?
‘confidence comes from within’
Confidence is within each and every one of us. Although in some of us it is just allowed to lay dormant.
When our confidence lays dormant it can stop us from going after and getting what we want in life and business. It allows self-doubt to creep in which then allows fear to rule our desires and decisions.
Low confidence can often manifest itself as negativity – seeing the glass as half empty, doubting ourselves and often making excuses. Whereas confident people are usually positive – they believe in themselves and their abilities, and they believe in living life to the full.
We all started out with confidence, it is inside every human being. For example when babies attempt to walk for the first time, there is no hesitation about what they want to do. There is no worry about falling because they know exactly what to do when it happens. Stand up and do it again. We were all babies once with the confidence to learn to walk and go for what we wanted.
Is your confidence awake and thriving or asleep and inactive? If you don’t feel very confident, it’s time to wake up what is rightfully yours and choose to use it.
One way to awaken your confidence is by ‘acting as if’ you are already confident. It may feel a little strange at first but with time it will come naturally. Your level of confidence can show in many ways: your behaviour, your body language, how you speak, what you say, and so on.
Something to Ponder
“With confidence you can reach truly amazing heights: without confidence, even the simplest accomplishments are beyond your grasp.” Jim Loehr
Quote of the month
“Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.” Source unknown
Events Schedule
Chicks in the City Wed 16/05/2012 at 6.30pm
Chicks in the City meet the third Wednesday of every month from 6.30pm to 8.00pm at Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club, 117 Ryedale Road, West Ryde in the lounge area next to the Bristo.
Chicks in the City is a group for women to connect. Basically it’s all about hanging out with women, meeting new friends, socialising, finding like-minded women to chat to or even making long lasting friendships.
All women are welcome and it’s free.
A Great Read
“Feel the fear and do it anyway” by Susan Jeffers
Although I have mentioned this book in the November 2010 edition of the Empower Newsletter, I feel it is so relevant to the confidence theme that I wanted to write about it again.
One of the biggest lessons Susan describes in her book is that you are never going to get rid of fear. Even the most successful and confident people feel fear. The only difference is that they ‘feel the fear and do it anyway’. Eventually through repetition and experience it does gets easier.
Affirmation Corner
Confidence Affirmations ‘I am confident’ and/or ‘I can do it’
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